Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-01
LOCAL NEWS.
Rrfef Mention.

All kinds of printing done at Dorman's.
 The schooner Robert Morgan, Captain Crossley, will sail for Norfolk on Tuesday.
 Quite number of the fresh air fund chil dren are enjoying themselves in Naugatuek
 The New Haven Gun club go to Avon or Thursday to have a shoot with the Avo1 Gun club.
 Lightning struck on North street ,Litchfeld on Friday and Henry R. Jones was badly stunned and had one hand blistered by the magnetic fluid.
 The merchants say that large business was done on Chapel and Church streets or Saturday evening, crowds of customers be ing out despite the heat.
 Mrs. John E. Dole of Orange, N. J., who has been in this city looking for her runaway husband and child, found the child on Sat urday and has returned home.
 MT. Charles H. Webb is about erecting two fine houses on Grove street on the va- cant land next east of Mrs. Daggett's residence Stillson is preparing the plans for them.
 Daniel Porter, the foreman of the New prised on Saturday by being presented with silver ice pitcher and pickle dish by the employees of the firm.
 Detective Brewer has recovered his hand some gold badge. from one of the men in jured by falling from a house on Orchard street some time ago, who found it in his bed, where it had dropped from Detective Brewers vest.
 Burdette Pond, of Meriden, was the high | ] ! vessel Powhattan, his being $1s,225. The bids were opened at Washington on Satur- day and several other vessels were sold on bids above the appraised value.
 Professor Niemeyer of the Yale Art school has bought lot on Lawrence street near Whitney avenue, nearly opposite the fine residence which Mir. William E. Downes is erecting on the avenue. Professor Niemeyer intends to erect house upon the land at an early day.
 MT. H. J. Morton, residing on Hughes Place, who was seriously prostrated on Wednesday last by an attack closely ap- preaching cholera, is recovering. Dr. Cheney, his attending physician, thinks there is an unusual tendency to disease of this kind this summer.
 About dozen members of the Pequot Canoe club started on a ten days cruise Sat urday. They went to Cockenoes Island, Saugatuck Bay, where they will stay until this morning. This week the club will visit Sheffield Island, Stamford, Byram Point, Oyster Bay, Glen Cove and other places.
 The mosquitoes, emboldened by their suc- cess at the shore and the dead state of the air, appeared on Chapel street and on the old Green in large numbers on Saturday night. A large number of them were killed in action by the enraged populace, the sul- try heat and the mosquitoes melting the public to give them ne quarter.
 The "hello" girls were given two hours excursion to the seashore by Manager Fair child on Saturday evening, who provided the carriages. It was treat highly enjoyed. The temperature on the ride was delight ful change from the 90 degrees at the tele- phone office with ninety impatient calls per minute to answer from overneated patrons.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Watkinson and. Irv- ing Watkinson are spending the summer at Block Island; Major R. P. Cowles and fam fly go to Saratoga this week; Dr. Kleeberg and family leave for the same place to-day; George G. Powning and family have gone to the White Mountains, and John J. Phelps of Cutters Art store will summer in Litchfeld.
 Good Samaritans.
 A very interesting meeting of the Good Samaritans was held last evening at 73 Orange street, at which President W. G. Dickinson presided The sDeAkers were Major Lincoln and Mr. Gilmore, and singing by Christopher Mooney. Several signed the pledge.